Chapter Ten
Honeymoon Bound
Caroline sat beside Lissa’s bed, stroking her forehead.
“Is it really over?” Lissa asked.
“Yes, dear, all over.”
Lissa turned her head and drank in the vision of the sunlight streaming through her bedroom window. “I’m so-o tired. I feel like I could sleep all day and through the night.”
“You can, my dear. But first, there is someone who needs to speak to you.” Caroline nodded to the maid, and she set down the empty breakfast tray and opened the door.
Treise stood in the opening, flanked by Crom and Gregor. She was totally naked, her arms strapped tight to a horizontal pole, a short chain locked between her ankles. There were fresh, red marks laced across her belly and thighs. The men twisted the pole sideways, and shoved her.
Treise shuffled through the
